KLMAR2024

O’Keefe to Ellis: How Irish settlers shaped the Okanagan
From the most prominent landowners to the namesake of the City of Vernon, here’s how…

Paramilitary organizer in Kelowna was too extreme for freedom movement
The spokesman and leader of a paramilitary organization training on a ranch south of Kelowna…

Rebranded BC United trailing both NDP and Conservative parties: poll
A new poll on the popular vote in BC shows the governing New Democrats with…

Provincewide crack down reveals lots of bad Kelowna drivers: highway patrol
Two separate police initiatives cracked down on bad drivers in Kelowna recently. The RCMP's highway…

Chance of showers greater in the Okanagan than Kamloops in the coming days
There is a 60% chance of showers today, March 21, in Kamloops and the Okanagan.…

Women in Trades program gone from Okanagan College
After 16 years, the Women in Trades program at Okanagan College has ended due to…

Kelowna mayor and council asked to give themselves a big pay hike
Elected officials in Kelowna have fallen behind most of their peers in similar sized cities…

Church camp on Okanagan Lake hoping to reopen this summer but needs archaeological assessment
Camp OAC has been ordered to conduct an archaeological assessment of its site on Okanagan…

Suspicious package delivered in Kelowna not so suspicious after all
Police officers and firefighters wearing hazmat suits prompted some concern yesterday afternoon for residents in…

Okanagan waterfront recreational property prices moving target in 2023
There were dramatic differences in recreation property price changes in the Okanagan in 2023, especially…

Fourth day of heat records in Vernon and Merritt
A high temperature of 18.3 C in Kelowna yesterday, March 19, was not enough to…

Kelowna flower grower selling bouquet subscriptions
A third-generation family-run farm is offering a subscription service for flowers in Kelowna. Kathy Wiebe…

Opposition to pollution from Kelowna fruit packing plant growing
Despite a history of warnings and fines dating back to 2019, the Sandher Fruit Packers…

Wrecking ball finally heading to infamous derelict house in Kelowna
It's been almost three full years since Kelowna city council ordered Janusz Grelecki to tear…

Some areas of Okanagan experiencing historically low snowpack
Concerns have been growing across BC as the snowpack measurements are lower than normal posing…